Chapter 15: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 15 Borrowing a Ladder to Climb a Wall
"Dad, Mom!"
the Chubby boy threw himself into Zhang Yiquan's arms, and the family of three hugged each other, crying bitterly, attracting curious glances.
On the other side, Zhao Guang had attempted several times to kill Chen Yuan but was blocked by his servants. Then he heard that someone had survived, and turning around, he saw that Chubby was indeed alive.
"How is this possible!"
Zhao Guang widened his eyes, no longer having the intention to kill Chen Yuan because the Chen family's servants were blocking him, making it impossible to kill.
He stared incredulously at the Chubby boy, his mind in chaos. He had meticulously selected the poison, which was supposed to be lethal upon contact.
He could guarantee that there was no antidote to this poison, at least not in his possession.
But how did that little Chubby survive?
He couldn't understand.
Zhang Yiquan was also perplexed, unable to understand the significance of the Chen family's actions.
He turned around with his son and left, saying coldly, "Don't think I'll be grateful to you. Let's call it even this time. Next time..."
"Wait!"
Chen Xue interrupted him, "The matter hasn't been investigated yet. Don't you want to know who harmed your son?"
"Humph, who else but you."
"Exactly." The woman jumped out again, "If it weren't for the poison you used, how could you have detoxified so quickly... Clearly, you're diverting attention from yourselves!"
"I don't care. The Chen family has to compensate for our losses. My son was poisoned by you. Who knows if there's any internal damage to his body? Without hundreds or thousands of taels, this matter won't end."
"Are you trying to extort us?"
Squinting, Chen Xue, with Xiao Die standing beside her, said indignantly, "You're shameless. Clearly, our girl saved your son's life, and yet you're not grateful. Instead, you're blackmailing us. Have you no shame?"
"Who's shameless? You're the ones who poisoned my child like little children." The woman looked around again and wailed, "Everyone, be fair. If it weren't for their poison, how could the detoxification have been so swift?"
"Humph, if it were us, why would we bother detoxifying you?" Xiao Die retorted, puffing up her cheeks.
"If it weren't for the official's appearance, would you have dared to detoxify?" The woman cried out like a spoiled child. "Anyway, if you don't compensate us, we'll keep causing trouble."
"You..."
Xiao Die was so angry her lungs felt like they were about to explode. Chen Xue patted her head and then looked at the woman.
"What compensation do you want?"
Hearing Chen Xue's words, the woman was overjoyed.
"Miss~" Xiao Die was a little anxious. The woman was obviously extorting them. Miss, why did you agree? Give a blink if you're being threatened.
"However, you need to stop that official first."
Chen Xue pointed at Zhao Guang, who was attacking her father with a weapon. Although her father was protected by his servants and wasn't hurt, the servants had suffered numerous wounds. Most importantly, they could only defend and not fight back.
Otherwise, they would really be considered rebels, and all the bailiffs would take action, executing them on the spot.
The woman was dumbfounded to see Zhao Guang still helping them deal with Chen Yuan. However, considering that her family could get the carriage, she couldn't let Zhao Guang ruin their plan.
"Sir, please stop. We're fine now."
The woman's words naturally reached Zhao Guang's ears. He cursed the uselessness in his heart. Anyway, he was determined to kill Chen Yuan today. The woman's matter was just an excuse.
So, he pretended not to hear and continued to attack the Chen family. Chen Yuan had already sensed that something was wrong and quickly hid among the exiled prisoners.
In this way, Zhao Guang couldn't continue attacking the servants. Indeed, Zhao Guang pulled out his knife and continued to chase after Chen Yuan, but he was blocked by a group of exiled prisoners.
Especially seeing Zhao Guang approaching with murderous intent, those prisoners were afraid of being implicated and panicked. Zhao Guang blended into the crowd, making it impossible for him to take action.
Seeing that Zhao Guang didn't stop, the woman felt helpless. She turned to Chen Xue, and Chen Xue shrugged, "If he doesn't stop, we have nothing to negotiate."
She could see at a glance that the woman's goal was the carriage. As long as they held onto this point, they would be fine.
The only thing she was worried about was whether the woman could stop Zhao Guang.
As a bailiff, Zhao Guang was behaving very strangely.
Thinking about the carriage, the woman could only take a deep breath and shout to Zhao Guang, "Sir, please stop, we've already settled things!"
"Useless!" Zhao Guang, unable to kill Chen Yuan, was full of anger. He turned to glare at the woman, almost causing her to fall to the ground in fright.
Then Zhao Guang turned to Chen Xue and his eyes lit up. "If I catch his daughter, he'll obediently accept death."
Thinking of this, Zhao Guang turned and rushed towards Chen Xue.
"Miss, be careful!" Without hesitation, Xiao Die rushed in front of Chen Xue, opened her arms, and shielded her.
Ding!
At a critical moment, Xu Tian appeared.
He blocked Zhao Guang's attack and glared at him angrily. "Zhao Guang, what are you doing?"
"Get out of the way!"
Gritting his teeth, Zhao Guang said, unexpectedly seeing Xu Tian again. He had ruined several of his plans before.
"The captain is here."
Xu Tian didn't argue with him. Instead, he casually said, letting Chen Xue step back and join her father.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Zhao Guang turned around and saw the captain of the bailiffs coming with a group of subordinates.
"What's going on? Are you guys causing trouble again?"
The captain's face was very ugly. Today was only the first day, and there had been frequent stops, all because of Zhao Guang, the Chen family, and the others.
The woman didn't expect to attract so many bailiffs and suddenly felt a sense of unease.
But Chen Xue breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the situation had reached this point.
"How is it? Can you handle it?" Chen Xue's parents stood beside her, not saying a word until now, wanting to see how Chen Xue would handle it.
Because of the matter of exile, they understood that as the child grew up, they couldn't protect her forever.
So they wanted to let Chen Xue try to handle it. Faced with a shrew like the woman, Chen Xue still handled it easily.
But now, the captain of the bailiffs had also arrived, and they were worried that Chen Xue had never faced the situation of dealing with officials, so they asked.
"I can handle it." Chen Xue naturally understood her parents' good intentions, but she wanted to try if she could solve this matter perfectly on her own.
At this time, the captain of the bailiffs had also understood the situation.
He called both parties together. "You guys handle this yourselves!"
If it were someone else, he would have dealt with it casually, but the key was that it involved the Chen family, with two forces vying for power. He didn't want to get involved, so he let them handle it themselves.
This way, it wouldn't seem biased or offensive.
"Sir, we demand that the Chen family compensate us for our losses and give us the carriage!" The woman used a ladder to climb the wall.
PS: Every time I ask for support, it feels like the backstage gets sealed off, and no one even votes for the recommended tickets anymore. It feels like everyone has left (﹏)
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